Flashcard
| accreditation |
| 1. the fact of being officially recognized, accepted, or approved of, or the act of officially recognizing, accepting, or approving of something:(noun) The college was given full accreditation in 1965. The committee has established new procedures for the accreditation of degrees. 2.official approval, esp. in order to maintain satisfactory standards: The hospital was threatened with the loss of accreditation if it did not improve the quality of its care. accredited adjective [ not gradable ] Only accredited journalists are admitted to White House press conferences. 3.if something has accreditation, it is officially accepted as being of a particular standard: gain/get/receive accreditation The law school hopes to gain full accreditation from the American Bar Association. keep/lose accreditation The school district lost its accreditation last year and faces a state takeover in June if test scores fail to improve. |
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